# Vinyl acetate

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_108_05_4
Categories: beauty, cleaning, industrial
Functions: acrylics & acrylic copolymers, Adhesion/cohesion promoter, Anti-adhesive/cohesive, Binder, Degradant/impurity, Film former, Lubricating agent, Monomers, polyvinyl acetate emulsions & derivatives (pvac), polyvinyl acetate emulsions & derivatives (pvac)>pvac homopolymers, vinylics, waxes and paraffins>polyolefins
Identifier: 108-05-4

> Vinyl acetate is used as acrylics & acrylic copolymers / adhesion/cohesion promoter. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern driven by cmr.. Assessed from 6 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern driven by cmr.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: Vinyl acetate is prohibited in cosmetic products under Annex II of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009.

## Regulatory status

- EU: banned — Annex II of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: substances prohibited in cosmetic products. CMR: Carcinogenic Cat. 2()
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 761 composition records across product categories including Furniture and furnishings, Construction and building materials, Home maintenance. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Film former, Binder, Degradant/impurity.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._